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By Naomi Rovnick, Marc Jones and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) – From stocks to government bonds, markets have had one of their best starts to the year in decades but …

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The trade ministers of Australia and China will hold a virtual meeting next week, Australia’s trade minister, Don Farrell, told broadcaster ABC in an interview on Tuesday. The …

By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s semiconductor industry has become a key target of the United States, which has imposed a slew of export restrictions targeting several parts of …

By Shubham Batra, Sarita Chaganti Singh and Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is considering a number of tariffs and non-tariff steps to cut imports of non-essential consumer and electronic …

(Reuters) – U.S. solar energy contract prices have soared by a third over the past year as project developers have struggled to get imported panels, according to a report published …

By Clara Denina and Helen Reid JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – High costs and the prospect of shrinking earnings have made big miners nervous about expansion, even as shareholders demand investment in …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – From inflation allowances to the reskilling of workers, firms in Japan are stepping up efforts to help employees fight rising prices and a labour …

MANILA (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Tuesday it has approved a $600 million loan to support the Philippines’ economic recovery and efforts to make its financial sector more …

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Anshuman Daga An impressive 6% rally in global stocks this month, the first gain in January after three …

By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – Joe Natiello is facing what you might call a “nice problem to have.” Almost 20 years ago, the 64-year-old Westfield, New Jersey, resident …

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund economists said on Tuesday that Singapore and other Southeast Asian economies are seeing downgrades to their 2023 growth outlooks because slowing global growth will …

(This Jan. 20 story has been refiled to add dropped words in the eighth paragraph) By Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton FOSHAN, China (Reuters) – China’s copper buyers face higher …

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Hirohide Yamaguchi, among the top candidates to become the next Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor, warned about the danger of signing a joint policy …

TOKYO (Reuters) -Shares of Nissan Motor Corp rose in Tokyo on Tuesday, after the Japanese automaker and its French partner Renault SA announced a sweeping overhaul of their two-decade-old alliance …

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail sales recorded the biggest drop in more than two years in December, as rising borrowing costs and sky-high inflation finally sank spending, …

By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Monday raised its output growth estimate on emerging markets for this year, with projections now showing the economic …

By David Lawder and Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its 2023 global growth outlook slightly due to “surprisingly resilient” demand in the United …

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is the only Group of Seven nation to have suffered a cut to its 2023 economic growth outlook in International Monetary Fund forecasts published on Tuesday, …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s factory activity rebounded in January, expanding for the first time since September 2022, official data showed on Tuesday, as the “exit wave” from zero-COVID passed through …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s non-manufacturing activity broke into expansion territory for the first time since September 2022, official data showed on Tuesday, as consumption and travel recovered over the Lunar …

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese factories cut output slightly in December, capping the worst quarter for manufacturers since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, hit by stalling global …

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new foreign minister Qin Gang wants to build stronger ties with Saudi Arabia and set up a China-Gulf free trade zone “as soon as possible”, according …

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday said the names of two people who helped guarantee bail for indicted FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese finance minister Shunichi Suzuki on Tuesday said it is not yet time to debate a possible review of a joint statement the government and Bank of …

PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform France’s costly pension system, including raising the retirement age, has infuriated trade unions who are calling for a second day of …